gloss
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7.0
- noun
- /ɡlɔs/
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barniz
- I seek the truth... literally, without gloss, without any gloss.
- put a gloss on
So it's like your body is adding an emotional gloss to your speech.
- So it's like your body is adding an emotional gloss to your speech.
- All the people ever see about Hollywood is the gloss and the entertainment and the glamour.
Examples
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Life with Rezvan always had a sort of gloss to it.
Fiction book (1992) -
I know everything I have said is only a superficial gloss on the depth of the problem.
Blog text (14) -
Besides, I like to think the gloss of age has its own charms.
Fiction book (1993) -
All the people ever see about Hollywood is the gloss and the entertainment and the glamour.
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As with New Labour, when the gloss came off, people didn't like what they saw beneath it.
Blog text (17) -
Hours later, the New York Times front page offered a credulous gloss for the end of "the seven-year American combat mission in Iraq."
Academic text (2010) -
Chassriau's handling of these images puts a positive gloss on a controversial issue central to the French claim to Algeria.
Academic text (2004) -
Van Dyck's Sebastian paintings offer an interesting gloss on such claims about violence and realism.
Academic text (2015) -
Joanna Diehl, in her study of Dickinson's relation to the British Romantic poets, presents a superficially compelling gloss.
Academic text (2016) -
The company's report presented a gloss on its failures, diverting attention from its financial troubles.
Synonyms
215
8.3
An appearance that hides the true nature of something to mislead people
129
5.9
A way of acting that hides how a person really feels
72
5.1
A way of showing yourself that hides problems to make others think well of you
65
6.1
A false claim or action to hide the truth
54
7.5
An appearance that hides the truth to trick people
40
3.9
An outward appearance that hides someone's real identity or intentions
39
7.2
A false appearance that hides true problems
38
7.9
An appearance that looks normal but hides the real situation
27
5.8
A thing that hides the true nature of something
26
4.6
A way of hiding something so it is not easily seen
19
7.4
An attractive outer look that hides the real situation
8
6.8
A false appearance that hides someone's true feelings or plans
1
6.0
A happy appearance that hides true feelings
Antonyms
Compounds
How Misleading
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gloss meaning a superficially attractive appearance comes from the image of a shiny cover that hides what is underneath, so a gloss can make something seem better without fixing the real problem.